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Ashoverite from
Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK


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Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
© Steve Rust
Description
Type Locality:Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK is the type locality for Ashoverite
Comments:Thin platy Square-like crystals to 1mm, associated with all other zinc hydroxides
Habit:Tetragonal thin tabular-platy
Colour:Colourless to white, creamy
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Rarity at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
SEM-EDS
Analysis Reference:NHM London
References
References:Min.Mag.(1988) 52, 699-702; UKJMM No10
Associated minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Fluorite
Hemimorphite
Hydrozincite
Smithsonite
Sweetite
Unnamed (alpha-Zn(OH)2)
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ashoverite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
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